The Remarkable Technical Achievements of the James Webb Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is an infrared observatory orbiting the Sun about 1 million miles from Earth to find the first galaxies that formed in the early universe and to see stars forming planetary systems. It is NASA’s largest and most powerful space science telescope. It is a premier observatory with a large infrared telescope that has an approximately 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will study every phase in the history of our universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the big bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own solar system.

The James Webb Space Telescope has achieved many remarkable technical accomplishments in its first year. One of its most remarkable achievements is its ability to garner information about the atmospheres of planets orbiting stars hundreds of light-years from Earth.